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William Kemmler

1860 - 1890

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William Francis Kemmler (May 9, 1860 – August 6, 1890) was an American murderer who was the first person executed by electric chair. He was convicted of murdering Matilda "Tillie" Ziegler, his common-law wife, a year earlier. Although electrocution had previously been successfully used to kill a horse, Kemmler's execution did not go smoothly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Kemmler is the 51st most popular extremist (down from 41st in 2019), the 1,279th most popular biography from United States (down from 923rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Extremist.

William Kemmler was the first person to be executed by electric chair in 1890.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, William Kemmler ranks 51 out of 283. Before him are Nedeljko Čabrinović, George Habash, Nathuram Godse, Joseph Kony, Jim Jones, and Sawney Bean. After him are Abu Nidal, Mohamed Atta, Butch Cassidy, Pavlik Morozov, Tex Watson, and Karl Denke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, William Kemmler ranks 26. Before him are Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Hugo Wolf, John J. Pershing, and Louis Wain. After him are Hjalmar Branting, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Oda Krohg, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Karl Denke, René Lalique, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, and Isaac Levitan. Among people deceased in 1890, William Kemmler ranks 14. Before him are Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Richard Francis Burton. After him are Niels Gade, John Henry Newman, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Louis Le Prince, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Kemmler ranks 1,279 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Tomlinson (1941), Stan Getz (1927), John Belushi (1949), MacKenzie Scott (1970), Ida Tarbell (1857), and Frank Marshall (1946). After him are Rudy Giuliani (1944), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Michelle Obama (1964), Lita Grey (1908), Raymond Damadian (1936), and Albert Pike (1809).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, William Kemmler ranks 19. Before him are Machine Gun Kelly (1895), Frank Sheeran (1920), John Hinckley Jr. (1955), H. H. Holmes (1861), Timothy McVeigh (1968), and Jim Jones (1931). After him are Butch Cassidy (1866), Tex Watson (1945), Gary Gilmore (1940), Dennis Rader (1945), Edmund Kemper (1948), and Aileen Wuornos (1956).

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